Abi Podcast

The latest episode of the ABI Business Reorganization Committee’s “Unordinary Course” podcast series features host Lee Pacchia of ICR talking with Mark Podgainy, a managing director at Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC, about the financial and operational challenges facing institutions of higher education.

The latest episode of ABI's "Party in Interest" podcast features ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talking with Melissa B. Jacoby, the Graham Kenan Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and soon to be a visiting professor at Harvard Law School in the fall. ABI’s Resident Scholar for the spring 2016 semester, Prof. Jacoby recently released her first book, Unjust Debts, which received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly and made the Financial Times’ best economics books list.

Host Lee Pacchia of ICR talks with James Doak, the head of Miller Buckfire, a Stifel company, to discuss current trends in the retail industry and what to expect going forward.

ABI's newest podcast features a conversation between the author, Gordon Z. Novod of Grant & Eisenhofer, and editor, Rosa Evergreen of Arnold & Porter, of ABI’s newest publication, Driving the Recovery Bus: Augmenting Creditor Recoveries Through Claims Brought by a Litigation Trustee. Listen to Novod and Evergreen provide insights on the issues at play in Driving the Recovery Bus, the audiences the book was intended for and the process of how it was written.

Latest "Unordinary Course" Podcast Prof. Kevin Kaiser of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business joins host Lee Pacchia of ICR on the latest edition of "Unordinary Course" to take a closer look at the intersection of private equity and restructuring, and the recent spike in private-equity-backed companies filing for chapter 11.

Kara E. Casteel of ASK LLP and Luke Murley of Saul Ewing LLP join hosts Edward L. Schnitzer of Womble Bond Dickinson LLP (New York) and Connor Bifferato of The Bifferato Firm (Wilmington, Del.), co-chairs of ABI's Mediation Committee, to discuss a host of key mediation topics. Click here to listen.

The latest episode of ABI’s "Unordinary Course" podcast, brought to you by ABI's Business Reorganization Committee, features Lee Pacchia of ICR Inc. (New York) talking with Frank Pometti of AlixPartners, LLP (New York) about the ongoing turmoil and challenges in the digital media space, and where the industry might be headed in the future.

The latest episode of the ABI Mediation Committee’s "Reframing Mediation" podcast features an informative debate on four key issues in mediation practice. Listen as ABI Mediation Committee Co-Chairs Edward L. Schnitzer of Womble Bond Dickinson LLP (New York) and Connor Bifferato of The Bifferato Firm (Wilmington, Del.) volley viewpoints on the following issues: - Remote vs. In-Person Mediation - Joint Caucuses vs. Private Sessions Only - Openings vs. No Openings - The Role of Mediators to Be ‘Evaluative’ vs. ‘Facilitative’ The points debated in the podcast are the personal views of the hosts for informative purposes only and not the official positions of their respective firms or ABI.

The latest episode of ABI's "Party in Interest" podcast features ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talking with Chad Van Horn, the founding partner of Van Horn Law Group, P.A. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. An ABC board-certified attorney and member of ABI’s 2022 “40 Under 40” class, Van Horn recently appeared as Player 286 on the popular Netflix reality show “Squid Game: The Challenge” and says he would have donated the $4.56 million in prize money to Big Brothers Big Sisters (he finished out the game as one of the top 10 contestants). Find out more about Van Horn's drive to succeed in both representing clients in the courtroom and competing in “Squid Game.”

The latest episode of ABI's "Party in Interest" podcast features ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talking with David M. Tanabe, an associate with Winthrop & Weinstine in Minneapolis who played for nine years in the National Hockey League before an injury forced him into early retirement. Find out about Tanabe's drive to transition from professional hockey to law, the mentors that assisted in his transition, and the lessons he’s gleaned from the ice rink that he applies in the courtroom.

The latest episode of "Unordinary Course," brought to you by ABI's Business Reorganization Committee, examines key events in SVB's demise, regional banking distress last year and the current state of the American banking sector. Host Lee Pacchia of ICR (New York) talks with Marshall S. Huebner, co-head of restructuring at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (New York) and counsel to the ad hoc group of SVB's senior noteholders. Huebner gave a presentation in November at the New York State Bar Association’s 2023 Corporate Counsel Institute titled, "Silicon Valley Bank: A Tragedy in Three or Four Chapters."

ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talks with Rachel Albanese, co-chair of DLA Piper's U.S. Restructuring practice and a partner in the firm’s New York office. In addition to her more than 20 years of restructuring experience that has included a wide range of chapter 11 cases, cross-border insolvencies and Puerto Rico's restructuring efforts, she is integral to a number of ABI initiatives, including ABI's Task Force on Veterans and Servicemembers Affairs. Find out more about the efforts that are important to Rachel and those that inspired her for all these important endeavors.

The final installment of a series of TechBytes podcasts looking at cryptocurrency and bankruptcy provides key insights and takeaways that practitioners may encounter in these cases. Join Patricia K. Burgess of Frost Brown Todd LLP (Nashville, Tenn.), the Special Projects Leader of ABI's Emerging Industries and Technology Committee, as she talks with John S. Wagster, who leads Frost Brown Todd's Technology Industry Team (Nashville, Tenn.); Jordan S. Blask, the partner-in-charge at Frost Brown Todd's Pittsburgh office; and Jared M. Tully, who is vice chair of Frost Brown Todd's Business Litigation Practice Group and serves as the team leader for the firm’s Community Bank and Financial Institutions Team, as they provide their perspectives on cryptocurrency bankruptcy cases.

ABI's Business Reorganization Committee is proud to launch "Unordinary Course," a podcast series that aims to unpack current events and emerging trends in the restructuring industry. The inaugural episode features host Lee Pacchia of ICR talking with Karol Denniston of Squire Patton Boggs about trends and issues surrounding industrial policy, and why practitioners should take note.

This is the third and final installment of a series of TechBytes podcasts that looks at cryptocurrency and bankruptcy. On this episode, Patricia K. Burgess of Frost Brown Todd LLP (Nashville, Tenn.), the Special Projects Leader of ABI's Emerging Industries and Technology Committee, talks with John S. Wagster, who leads Frost Brown Todd's Technology Industry Team (Nashville, Tenn.); Jordan S. Blask, the partner-in-charge at Frost Brown Todd's Pittsburgh office; and Jared M. Tully, who is vice chair of Frost Brown Todd's Business Litigation Practice Group and serves as the team leader for the firm’s Community Bank and Financial Institutions Team. They discuss issues surrounding fiduciary duties in cryptocurrency bankruptcy cases.

Lee Pacchia of ICR (New York) interviewed members of ABI's Health Care Committee to discuss the health care trends that shaped 2023, what they expect for 2024, and upcoming events that practitioners should note on their calendars to help prepare for the year ahead. Pacchia was joined by Health Care Committee Co-Chair Cynthia Romano of FTI Consulting, Inc. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Committee Special Projects Leader Clare Moylan of Gibbins Advisors (Nashville, Tenn.) and David Gordon of Polsinelli (Atlanta). The conversation weaves through 2023 trends, 2024 expectations and upcoming events, including the health care panel at this week’s 2023 Winter Leadership Conference, a special abiLIVE on Dec. 11 being moderated by Moylan, health care programming at the 2024 ABI Annual Spring Meeting and ABI's 2024 Health Care Conference in Nashville in October.

In the inaugural "Fresh Start" podcast of ABI's Young and New Members Committee, Gabrielle G. Palmer of Onsager Fletcher Johnson Palmer LLC (Denver), the committee’s Special Projects Leader, talks with Karlene Archer, compliance manager of Skylight Lending, about issues and strategies concerning work/life balance for young professionals.

This is the second in a series of TechBytes podcasts that looks at cryptocurrency and bankruptcy. On this episode, Patricia K. Burgess of Frost Brown Todd LLP (Nashville, Tenn.), the Special Projects Leader of ABI's Emerging Industries and Technology Committee, talks with John S. Wagster, who leads Frost Brown Todd's Technology Industry Team (Nashville, Tenn.), and Jared M. Tully, who is vice chair of Frost Brown Todd's Business Litigation Practice Group and serves as the team leader for the firm’s Community Bank and Financial Institutions Team. They discuss the ways in which the law is and isn't developing to meet the unique needs of crypto assets.

The latest episode of ABI's "Party in Interest" podcast features ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss talking with Kenneth R. Feinberg, one of the nation’s leading experts in alternative dispute resolution. Currently the court-appointed mediator in both the Imerys/Cyprus talc bankruptcy case in Delaware, and the Honx asbestos bankruptcy case in Texas, Feinberg's distinguished career includes previously having served as Special Master of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, the Department of Justice Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Fund, the Department of Justice Boeing 737 Max Crash Victim Beneficiaries Compensation Fund and many other high-profile complex disputes over the past 40 years.

This is the first in a series of TechBytes podcasts that will look at cryptocurrency and bankruptcy. On this episode, Patricia K. Burgess of Frost Brown Todd LLC (Nashville, Tenn.), the Special Projects Leader of ABI's Emerging Industries and Technology Committee, talks with John Wagster, who leads Frost Brown Todd's Technology Industry Team. With his focus on technology-related commercial agreements with a particular interest in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, Wagster provides a brief primer on cryptocurrency and discusses some of the issues that arise in bankruptcy proceedings.